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NEWS ABOUT: 911 call

911 call stories: 20 news summaries

 Sheriff Sorry 
 for Missing 
 Jaycee Case 

911 caller warned of children living in Garrido's backyard

Aug 28, 09 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Sheriff of Contra Costa County apologized to Jaycee Lee Dugard’s family today for not investigating the case earlier, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sheriff Warren Rupf said a 911 caller warned years ago that children were living in tents in Phillip Garrido's backyard. But a deputy responding to... More »

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California • kidnapping • 911 call • sheriff • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

 Iowa 911 Now Accepts Texts 


Aug 5, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(AP) - An emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, today became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to 911. "I think there's a need to get out front and get this technology available," the county's police chief says, adding... More »

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technology • Iowa • 911 call • emergency responders

Gates Sends Flowers
to 911 Caller

Bouquet, note an 'expression of gratitude' to neighbor

Aug 1, 09 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Cambridge woman whose 911 call sparked a national uproar over racial profiling received flowers and a note from her neighbor, Henry Louis Gates, yesterday, the Boston Herald reports. It was "an expression of gratitude," her lawyer says. Lucia Whalen, who never mentioned race when she called... More »

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911 call • racial profiling • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • Lucia Whalen

(Newser) - As if being videotaped in hotel rooms weren't bad enough, ESPN's Erin Andrews now has to deal with reporters outside her Georgia home, the New York Post reports. "I'm being treated like fucking Britney Spears and it sucks," she complains to a 911 dispatcher. After describing herself as... More »

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ESPN • paparazzi • 911 call • sportscaster • Erin Andrews • ESPN scandal

Caller in Gates Arrest Didn't Mention Race

Tapes show I'm not a racist, says woman
who alerted police

Jul 29, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Massachusetts woman who called 911 on Henry Louis Gates and his chauffeur as they wrestled with the Harvard professor’s front door said today she never mentioned race to Sgt. James Crowley, the officer who arrested Gates. Lucia Whalen’s statement contradicts the police report filed by Crowley, which... More »

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African Americans • police • 911 call • arrest • racial profiling • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass.

 Cops Release 
 Gates Arrest Tapes 

Officer calls for more cars; 911 caller unsure on men's race

Jul 27, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In audio from the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr, released today by Cambridge police, the arresting officer tells the dispatcher to “keep the cars coming” as he faces an “uncooperative” suspect, the Boston Herald reports. An earlier tape reveals the 911 call in the case, in which... More »

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race • police • 911 call • arrest • professor • tape • Harvard • racial profiling • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley • Lucia Whalen

(AP) - An emergency caller from Michael Jackson's home yesterday said he wasn't breathing or responding to efforts to revive him. The Los Angeles Fire Department released the audio of the 911 call today. The caller reported that Jackson—whose name he didn't use—was on a bed, wasn't breathing, and wasn't... More »

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entertainment • music • 911 call • death • cardiac arrest • Michael Jackson • UCLA Medical Center • ambulance • medical emergency • personal doctor

(Newser) - Time counts down the top 10 weirdest non-emergency 911 calls. Among the craziest:
  • A cop who stole pot from a drug bust and made brownies. After getting stoned, he called 911 in a panic. "I think we're dead," he told the operator. "Time is going by
... More »

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McDonald's • police • 911 call • marijuana • Time magazine • Burger King

 911 Tape Captures Last 
 Pleas of Drowning Woman 

Tries to direct rescuers to her car in 10-minute call

May 19, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 911 tape released yesterday reveals the last moments of a woman desperately trying to direct rescuers to her car as it submerged in floodwaters, the AP reports. The 49-year-old Oklahoma woman told operators she had her nose against the car’s roof. “Please hurry, because I'm running out... More »

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car accident • 911 call • flooding • drowning • Oklahoma • tape • audiotape

Nadya Threatens Suicide in Cop Call on Missing Son

'I'm going to kill myself,' Suleman says after 5-year-old wandered off

Mar 5, 09 3:13 AM CST
(AP) - "Oh God, I'm going to kill myself," unhinged octuplet mom Nadya Suleman repeatedly told a police dispather last year as she frantically searched for a missing son, according to emergency phone call tapes. Suleman called 911 after her 5-year-old son went missing from the front yard, only to... More »

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mothers • 911 call • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

Woman Who Called 911 Over McNuggets
Gets Refund

McDonald's aims to please crazy customer

Mar 4, 09 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Latreasa Goodman will at long last get her refund, McDonald's announced today. The 27-year-old called 911 three times last week, enraged because McDonald's was out of the Chicken McNuggets she had ordered and paid for, but wouldn’t give her a refund. “This is an emergency!” she told... More »

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McDonald's • fast food • 911 call • 911

 'He's Ripping 
 Her Apart,' 
 Chimp Owner 
 Screams on 
 911 Call 

Owner gave pet Xanax before it attacked friend

Feb 18, 09 4:58 AM CST
(Newser) - "He's killing my girlfriend! He's eating her!" the frantic owner of a chimpanzee screamed in a call to police as the animal viciously attacked her friend. "You have to shoot him!" the Connecticut woman tells the dispatcher in a chilling tape of the call as the... More »

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Connecticut • 911 call • chimpanzees • animal attack • animal • mauling

Pot-Growing Dad Busted After Baby Calls 911

Mounties led to operation by toddler playing with phone

Jan 22, 09 4:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Mounties responding to an aborted 911 call from a Vancouver home discovered a cute baby playing with a cordless phone upstairs—and 500 marijuana plants downstairs, the Globe & Mail reports. The boy's pop was arrested and the baby was returned to his mom, who is separated from the... More »

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911 call • marijuana • toddler • drug dealer • emergency responders

Mac's Brother Calls 911 Over Traffic Troubles

'(Bleep) you!' Joe McCain replies to operator's query

Oct 24, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Power corrupts, especially if you're stuck in traffic. A man believed to be John McCain’s brother called 911 to complain about being caught in gridlock in suburban Washington, WJLA-TV reports. "Sir, are you calling 911 to complain about traffic?" asks the operator on the tape. After a pause,... More »

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John McCain • 911 call • Election 2008 • traffic jam • Joe McCain

Man Gets Saucy, Calls 911 When Sandwich Has None

Fla. customer arrested for making fuss over dressing left off Italian sandwich

Aug 5, 08 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Florida man became belligerent and dialed 911 when sandwich-makers at his local Subway forgot to add special sauce to his spicy Italian sandwich, the Times-Union reports. The 42-year-old construction worker rang police again when officers failed to arrive quickly enough. After failing to calm him down, police arrested the... More »

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911 call • Subway • sandwich

Chilling 911 Tape Bared in Bid for Clues to Girls' Murder

Investigators hope call from anguished family member will inspire tip-off

Jul 22, 08 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities struggling to crack the case of two Oklahoma girls found murdered last month have released an emotional tape of a 911 call made by a family member who discovered the bodies, reports CNN. Investigators hope the heart-rending tape will spur somebody to identify the killer or killers who left... More »

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murder • 911 call • Oklahoma • unsolved crimes • Weleetka

 Report Rips Zoo in Tiger Attack

Facility was understaffed and unprepared for emergency

Mar 19, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a 243-pound tiger escaped its pen and began mauling Christmas Day visitors, the San Francisco Zoo was painfully understaffed and ill-equipped to respond to the emergency, according to a new report. "The zoo is too often chasing problems," concluded the independent Association of Zoos and Aquariums of... More »

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911 call • animal attack • zookeeper • tigers • Tatiana • San Francisco Zoo • Paul Dhaliwal • Kulbir Dhaliwal • tiger attack • Christmas Day • visitors • Carlos Sousa Jr • tiger grotto

Man Busted for 27,000 911 Calls

Prankster, who made bodily noises, did it 'because it's free'

Feb 16, 08 7:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Police in a San Francisco suburb finally got their man—but only after he made 27,000 prank 911 calls, often treating the operators to grunts and his impressions of bodily noises. John Triplette "completely overwhelmed our system," police tell the San Francisco Chronicle. Why did this criminal... More »

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cell phones • 911 call • prank • Hayward, Calif. • California Highway Patrol • John Triplette

'My God, We Need Help,' Mom Pleads in
Lohan 911 Call

Woman panicky about mystery stalker

Jul 27, 07 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mother being tailed through the streets of Santa Monica by a mystery SUV was close to panic when she phoned police for help, according to a 911 tape of the call. Turned out her stalker was actress Lindsay Lohan; the call led to Lohan's latest arrest. "Oh my... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • DUI • drunk driving • 911 call • celebrity • arrest • Santa Monica

Hospitals
Dial 911

Small, specialized facilities unprepared for emergencies

Apr 2, 07 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Believe it or not, some small, physician-owned hospitals are calling in paramedics to revive their patients in emergencies. Already accused of cherry picking patients and focusing on profit-maximizing procedures, the facilities are now drawing fire for literally relying on other hospitals to rescue patients when complications arise, reports Reed Abelson... More »

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health care • health • doctor owned hospitals • hospitals • health care industry • 911 call

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